Legal Opinion
Mergentime Corp. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 16, 1999No. 97-7138 to 97-7140PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to interpret Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 63, which applies when a district judge becomes unable to proceed and is replaced by a successor judge. The original judge in this case presided over a 45-day bench trial, during which the parties presented more than 50 witnesses and introduced more than 4,000 exhibits. Because the original judge became terminally ill after the close of evidence and could make only partial findings of fact and conclusions of law before he died, the successor judge faced two discrete tasks: adjudicating post-trial motions…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. BonjornoSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- In Re Reverend Clovis Carl Green, JrCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Poleto v. Consolidated Rail Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- United States Gypsum Company, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Schiavo Brothers, Inc., Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Lonnie L. Wharf v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Corporation, Lonnie L. Wharf v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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